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Physics Demonstrations in Sound & Waves: Part III (2001)

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Demonstrations include: 1: Standing Sound Waves - Resonating Air Column with Cork Dust; 2: Standing Sound Waves - Resonance with Illuminating Gas in Flame Tube; 3: Standing Sound Waves in Two-Dimensions - Illuminating Gas in a Resonating Cavity; 4: Vibrations in a Two-Dimensional Surface - Chladni Plate; 5: Resonance/Real-Time Strobe Holography - Resonant Modes of a Vibrating Bell; 6: Quality

Grade Level: 
High
Physics Demonstrations in Sound & Waves: Part III

Physics Demonstrations in Sound & Waves: Part II (2001)

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Demonstrations include: 1: Nature of Sound and Waves - Sources and Propagation of Sound; 2: Propagation of Sound - Direct Measurement of the Speed of Sound in Air and Metal; 3: Transmission of Sound Through a Medium - Attenuation of Sound in a Vacuum; 4: Refraction of Sound - Carbon Dioxide Sound Lens; 5: Interference of Sound - Sound Divided into Paths of Differing Length; 6: Interference of

Grade Level: 
High
Physics Demonstrations in Sound & Waves: Part II

Physics Demonstrations in Sound & Waves: Part I (2001)

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Demonstrations include: 1: Mechanical Resonance - Forced Vibrations with Single Coupled Oscillators; 2: Velocity, Wavelength, and Frequency Reflected Waves - Transverse Waves on a Coil Spring; 3: Change in Medium /Interference - Transverse Waves on a Coil Spring; 4: Transverse Standing Waves - Vibrational Modes on a String; 5: Longitudinal Waves - Propagation/Interference of Longitudinal Waves

Grade Level: 
High
Physics Demonstrations in Sound & Waves: Part I

Physics Demonstrations in Mechanics: Part II (2001)

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Includes: 1: Newton's Law - Rest Inertia of Massive Ball; 2: Newton's 2nd Law - Effects of a varies net force on a body's motion; 3: Newton's 3rd Law - Reaction Cart/Projected Ball Bearings; 4: Terminal Velocity - Air resistance acting on a free-falling body; 5: Motion of Center of Mass - system with internally moving components; 6: Motion of Center of Mass - Projected boomerang and tennis

Grade Level: 
High
Physics Demonstrations in Mechanics: Part II

When Should You Tell? Dealing With Abuse (1995)

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Getting young victims of sexual abuse to tell someone can be a key step in preventing further abuse. Using one child's experience to demonstrate that no girl or boy ever needs to keep scary secrets, this program helps abused children recognize that what they are experiencing is not the norm, and that they can be helped by telling an adult they can trust.

Grade Level: 
Elementary
Length: 
00:14
When Should You Tell? Dealing With Abuse

Physics Demonstrations in Mechanics: Part I (2001)

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Demonstrations include: 1: Uniform and Accelerated Motion: Position Time Observations 2: Gravitation Acceleration - Determination of "g" 3: Projectile Motion -Simultaneous fall 4: Projectile Motion- Monkey and Hunter 5: Projectile Motion - Trajectory of a projectile 6: Circular Motion - Direction of centripetal force 7: Circular Motion - Centrifugal effects on a rotating sphere 8: Circul

Grade Level: 
High
Physics Demonstrations in Mechanics: Part I

The Art Institute of Chicago; The Cleveland Museum of Art (2001)

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Program 1: Art Institute of Chicago (60 min.): Sister Wendy Beckett looks at American Gothic by Grant Wood, Chimu (pre-Incan) art from Peru, Joan Mitchell, Edward Hopper, Picasso, 18th century ceramic art, a West-African drum, Manfredi, pre-Columbian art from Central America, Manet, Marc Chagall, Renoir, Chinese sculpture, 12th century Korean pottery, George Innes, Puryear, Georges Seurat.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Length: 
02:00
The Art Institute of Chicago; The Cleveland Museum of Art

Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas; Los Angeles County Museum of Art (2001)

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Program 1: Kimble Art Museum (60 min.): Sister Wendy Beckett introduces the Kimbell Museum in Fort Worth and looks at several artists and works including Maillol, a terracotta head of a Nigerian king, Cezanne, Hindu scultpture, Piet Mondrian, a Japanese screen, Caravaggio, George de la Tour, Caspar David Friedrich, Standing Maitreya Bodhisattva from Thailand, sculpture from Pakistan, Ercole d

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Length: 
02:00
Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas; Los Angeles County Museum of Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (2001)

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Progam 1: The Metropolitan Museum Of Art (60 min.): Sister Wendy Beckett introduces the museum and looks at a fragmentary sculpture of an Egyptian queen, Islamic art and a page from the Koran, Watteau, porcelain figures from the Commedia dell'Arte, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, art from New Guinea, Balthus, Medieval Art and the Cloisters, Velazquez, Egyptian art, women as artists, Marie-Denise Vill

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Length: 
02:00
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Romeo & Juliet

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Shakespeare's classic romance comes to stunning visual life in a refreshingly modern interpretation, bringing new vitality and insight to the most enduring love story ever written. Directed by Franco Zeffirelli. Rated PG

Director: 
Franco Zeffirelli
Grade Level: 
High
Length: 
02:18
Romeo & Juliet

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